I think FMG already has some packaging in mind.
By the way, a note on Pacific 1940: China will have both infantry and artillery. Will the FMG China Pieces have “everything”, or just the infantry and artillery?
You know why you never heard stories of the Chinese navy during World War II? That’s because they didn’t have one.
The Chinese to this day cannot even build a Carrier. They had to trick the Russians into saying they want to buy an old one and turn it into a casino, then promptly repaint it and fix it up….Poof! Aircraft Carrier. But that trick only works once.
This thread escaped my attention. Great news! Count me in for a set.
I’m a graphic designer myself and I’ve just spent the entire weekend sculpting some custom pieces of my own. I finished 4 models that I was happy with but there are a LOT more I want to do. Now that I know FMG is on the ball, I’ll halt my project until I see what what they’ve come up with. If there are any particular units I would like represented but aren’t, I’ll simply fill in the gaps myself.
@Imperious:
The Chinese to this day cannot even build a Carrier. They had to trick the Russians into saying they want to buy an old one and turn it into a casino, then promptly repaint it and fix it up….Poof! Aircraft Carrier. But that trick only works once.
Yeah, I was just thinking about that…
good point.
How about the other nations? Well, I guess we should hold of till Pacific comes out to see what units the Anzac Canadians and the neutrals get.
Spain and Brazil had decent navy, and army and airforce
Sweden had good tanks and planes
Turkey had a full army, and air force…id give them a ship
nobody else had much beyond army.
I can repost the AARHE neutral army setup charts that are based on OOB for 1941 conversion. just look at the file.
This is a question for Imperios Leader, Does Larry Harris take suggestions on game design? It sounds like you have good ideas for games, ie. game rules and suggested pieces, and your gameboards look better.
Yes indeed. he takes many ideas that many of us have offered. Just look at the trends in these games. They are getting more historical and the map is getting larger and larger and more pieces show up, neutrals start appearing and things are looking better.
Yeah.
See, this is how a Free Market Economy ought to be: consumers actively taking part in the design and prodction of the products. Cheers for the internet.
Should allies of the US have a sculpt for a generic transport, and Sherman tanks and basic arty as a potential lend-lease participant? Could the US be configured in a variation where they actually have turns (pre 1941) where they start giving equipment away at some reduced IPC value (e.g. pre 1941 the US only generates 24 IPC of war materials and on their turn they are placed on the US East Coast in the allied players color for their use)? I think this could have a lot of entertainment value.
Should allies of the US have a sculpt for a generic transport, and Sherman tanks and basic arty as a potential lend-lease participant?
Nice one Dino. I like that.
I’d like each nation to have a seperate Heavy Bomber sculpt. Maybe it would be released in a Technology Expansion.
I’d like the US to have both B-17s and B-29s.
yea all technology pieces should be represented. Heavy bomber, super subs, heavy tanks, rockets, radar, etc.
Radar? How? Have radar dish pieces built in each territory?
yea. radar dish with flak gun.
@Imperious:
yea all technology pieces should be represented. Heavy bomber, super subs, heavy tanks, rockets, radar, etc.
Yeah, I agree and that’s probably where I’ll be doing some sculpting of my own. For example, if the US achieves long range aircraft you can swap the F6F Hellcats for P-38s or P-51s. In some cases though a new sculpt for a tech isn’t needed. If the Japanese achieve long range aircraft there is no need to update the zeros. Zeros are already long range!
Tech pieces, where appropriate, should account for combinations as well. For example, if the Germans achieve long range aircraft the ME 109s become Do 335s. If the Germans achieve jet fighters they get Me 262s. If they achieve both long range aircraft and jet fighters they get Ho 229s. I’ve actually already completed the models for the German aircraft and P-51s.
Do you have a pic of your Aircraft?
Here, go to these links
@coachofmany:
Do you have a pic of your Aircraft?
I don’t want to hijack this thread so I started a new one called ‘Tech Pieces’.
Good job, WOPR.
hey, FMG, since you got a new fancy graphics designer guy, how about this:
The F-86 Saber was origionally planned to have the same wing design as the P-51, only with a big central jet engine. However, when they discovered Germany’s sweaped wing, they changed it.
Perhaps for a tech piece for the US, you could make an alternate historical Jet Mustang? That would really be one of a kind.
